MIA88IA052

NTSB incident investigation · Beech 58 · Vicksburg, MS · December 3, 1987

Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal report

Date: December 3, 1987, 14:15 local (20:15 UTC)
Place: Vicksburg, MS
Injuries: 4 uninjured
Damage: Minor damage
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft: N3012WBeech 58
Weather: Visual (VMC) · Day
Status: Completed · report July 10, 1989
Report: Approved by Office Director
FAA report: 19871203070789I
Case key: 32047

From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.

On this page

Sequence of events

NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.

Gear not extendedLanding - flare/touchdown

Checklist - not followedPilot in commandCause

Gear extension - not performedPilot in commandCause

Analysis

While on a part 135 on-demand domestic passenger flt, the acft landed gear up. The plt stated that he forgot to lower the landing gear. There was no mechanical failure or malfunction.

Aircraft

Registration: N3012W
Reported as: Beech 58
Category: Airplane
Serial number: TH364
Airframe hours: 3,154
Engine: Continental IO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage: Minor damage
Flight: Part 135
Operator: Baton Rouge Air Charter, Inc.
Registered owner: Mgm Aviation, Inc
Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
Last inspection: 100 hour · October 12, 1987 · 68 hours before
Departed: BTR · Baton Rouge, LA
Flight plan: IFR
Airport: NONE · Eagle Lake, runway 36, 5,000 × ft, grass/turf

N3012WRegistration cancelled Jul 30, 2013 · Beech 58S/N TH-364 · Built 1973 Airframe modelBeech 58 Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

Role: Pilot
Age: 32
Certificates: Flight instructor, Commercial
Airplane ratings: Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
Instrument ratings: Airplane
Medical: Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Seat: Left
Flight hours: 1,589 total · 394 in this make and model · 1,524 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours

Weather

Conditions: Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind: 240° at 12 knots, gusting 22
Visibility: 7 statute miles
Lowest ceiling: None
Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 55 °F
Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
Observed at: JAN, 41 nm away

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 19871203070789IBeech 58 · Vicksburg, MSGear up landing. Failed to use checklist. Carried power until level off due to wind. Gear horn sounded too late.Dec 3, 1987 · N3012W · Minor damage